Lol, I was not trying to wimp out on the mouse! Should have explained that my little wireless mm 6000 is being a real turd lately and I am lucky to be able to navigate with it period. It has a bad habit of freezing totally when I am working on graphics and I have to get the hemostats to get the darn nano receiver out of the USB port and back in. It's impossible to grab with your fingers.

Added blobby flowers, some texture to the main trees, changed some lighting a bit. I don't know, my flowers might be too bright? It was such a clear day here that I actually added some mist, fog in front of the mountains, hence my question, encase I had overdone the haze.

Hi word

i still suggest you move the trees off the edges of the picture and not hve them so dominate....

yr focal point is the bird.

it was my pleasure to do that piccy for you, i also did it to show you the techy side of art, the two trees (in my pic) act as a frame so your eyes dont wander to far, the mountain is basically an aid for the eyes to look upwards and connect with the bird....

does that make sense?... and the rest of the scenery in my version is not too dominating and also has space, but also prospective...

hope this makes sense.....

xxxxx

I definitely agree with you there Jafo. I had ps8 and I much preferred it to PSP X3.The image clarity does not compare and most of the picture tubes look like blobs.

I am even willing to upload ps8  somewhere by special request. It's about 180MB I believe

Flowers got lost, little land mass added plus some other small adjustments done.

Part of the issue with 'realism' or credibility with fabricated landscapes is....would that new land mass so magically/closely follow that branch?

Probably not.... so don't do it.

I'm really enjoying this thread. So many things to learn although I won't be doing walls anytime soon. Have all to do with getting my smx out. If there are no takers for PS9 I could use it. PS7 is good but the trial version of PS9 spoiled me. I'd really appreciate it cause I'm like you guys, use whatever is available. Especially the freebies ... I like freebies. Seriously, if you're not going to use it and are serious about putting it up Frankief I'd gladly swap one of mine for it. Here's what I got. Gimp 2.6. Blender 2.49 (2.5 is still in beta), TrueSpace (3d program although it has been discontinued from what I heard, still a good app though. Bryce 7.0 PLE (personal learning edition). Will that do?

Uvah that is Paintshop Pro version 9, not Photoshop.

All I can say is WOW!!!   I am so glad people are using this thread and sharing their knowledge!!!  Frankie, I love how your wallpaper is, a great improvement from the original!!!     As soon as I catch up on things, I will work on my Halloween wall and post it here!!! 

My pc was in the shop!!!   Oh you're not a hijacker Frankie!! It is interesting to watch the progress of an image, and I am glad you stuck with it!!!  Reading this thread, I have learned alot also ( one is never too old to learn) !! 

Painting 101 ....

Familiarity breeds contempt...or in other words...staring at a work in progress too long will blind you to its [glaring] faults.

To overcome that a painter will turn the work upside-down...or view it in a mirror.

Sounds weird but it works.